Halfway there on the first half then! Great progress.

Toss the leaves on your compost heat if you've got one. The leaves I cleared from my driveway got dumped on my front garden. Waste not, want not!

Your birds must be more intelligent than mine, because several of my feeders the birds don't seem able to figure out, and they also don't seem to like the suet pellets I've got. My usual kind hasn't been available the last year or two, and the new ones must not be as tasty. Even the pigeons don't want to eat them.